You're thinking too small. The AGI will distribute itself. And money is likely to be: a.. rapidly deflated, b.. then replaced with a new, alternate currency that truly values talent and effort (rather than just playing with the money supply -- aka interest, commissions, inheritances, etc.) c.. while everyone's basic needs (most particularly water, food, shelter, energy, education, and health care) are provided for free So your brilliant arbitrage to become rich is unlikely to be of much value just a few years later. ----- Original Message ----- From: Aki Iskandar To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [agi] Microsoft Launches Singularity
I agree with your statement, "if someone does manage to produce a working AGI it's probably game over for software engineering and software companies as we know them today." But another equally likely scenario is that Microsoft will buy it - and not reverse engineer it. Perhaps they can't reverse engineer it. I can certainly see whatever group creates it, will probably sell it to a company with great distribution power - like Microsoft, and Google. This is a strong case of maybe why these software giants are not interested in creating AGI themselves - but they have feelers out there, and are ready to snap it up. It's definitely a race to achieve it for many. If I was lucky enough to be part of a group tat created it - I would try to persuade the other members to sell out (for HUGE bucks) - because companies like Microsoft have the distribution problem licked. A 20 way multi-billion dollar split is not too shabby. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=98558129-0bdb63 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
